A few conduct a new penalty phase. Since Missouri changed its law in 1984, Rice is one of at least 18 people who have been sentenced to death by a judge. Four of them have been executed.

A few conduct a new penalty phase. Since Missouri changed its law in 1984, Rice is one of at least 18 people who have been sentenced to death by a judge. Four of them have been executed.

Missouri would be first state to force execution by lethal gas. July 10, 2013— -- Twenty-one inmates on Missouri's death row have sued the state's Department of Corrections in federal court ...

A big decision is coming from the Wyandotte County DA's office in the next several days on whether to seek the death penalty ...

Missouri is one of two states where a judge can hand down death when juries cannot agree unanimously on a sentence. Since the law changed in 1984, at least 18 people have been sentenced to death ...